Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Cybernetic Couple. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Pietro's Lab.)
Ruddy dodged a sword from Penny before shooting another out of the air as she flew forward to throw a punch at Ruddy.
"You should enhance the speed of your weapon." Penny stated before she tried to spin up the lasers of Floating Array.
"Crap." He muttered before he was sent skidding back, the lasers caught him in the chest.
Something glittered as he rushed forward, his fingers reaching for his fallen weapon while he heard the sound of jets ringing in his ears.
"Your Aura was damaged." She lunged at him, he dodged and he fired an ice bullet which froze her arms. Penny watched Ruddy spring into the air, his foot outstretched.
She flew back before he hummed and cracked his knuckles as her Aura sparkled.
"So is yours, you're a cyborg, Penny. You know our Auras don't take much to break, Aura is weaker than your body when it comes to people." He stated, he clicked the hammer on his weapon before the next bullet cycled into the chamber with an audible click.
The two beings regarded each other before she flexed her arms, sending chunks of ice all over the small training room before studying her next move.
"I still believe that your weapon should be modified." Ruddy walked over to the bench and snapped open the weapon before putting a single bullet into it.
"I don't think the stopping power is worth that. Penny, this gun will kill most Grimm in a few shots if it doesn't kill them with a single headshot. I designed the weapon as a sword to deal with fast and light combat." He stated before he hummed and tapped the gun on the side of his leg.
A metallic clang echoed through the room, reminding Penny that Ruddy was indeed not fully human anymore.
He was like her, like Ironwood. Cyborgs were much rarer in the world; a single prosthetic didn't make you a cyborg. Ruddy would die without the machine components inside his body.
"Your aches are gone?" She asked. Ruddy looked over his arm before he holstered his weapon as Penny stored her swords inside her backpack.
She flew over to him before sitting down next to him. Ruddy sat on a crate before crossing his legs under him.
"I'm not sure. I don't know if their all gone, Pietro is making sure my cybernetics don't break or act up. He made it clear I can't strain myself yet. I doubt my body can handle itself being pushed the same way yours can." Ruddy muttered while he began to check over his gun to make sure it was fine.
Ruddy sighed and put his weapon back away and cracked his arm, Penny could hear his cybernetics whirl and click inside his arm while he turned to look at her.
"You know that I'm supposed to be making sure that your body heals perfectly, right? I'm not going to let your body fall apart all over again." Ruddy chuckled and patted the cyborg on the head while she rolled her eyes at this gesture.
"Pen, I'm fine, I'd go to the doctor… Your father if I had to." He said before he slowly walked towards the door.
His leg twitched and he grunted before Penny ran over him while he hammered on his leg before he was able to pull himself back to his feet.
"Father!" Penny yelled, she rushed to go and get her father while Ruddy grunted and slowly pulled himself towards the crate he was just sitting on.
He sighed before the whirl of the doctor's chair was heard. He watched the doctor entered the room.
"Your cybernetics are still having a few problems?" He asked, ruddy said nothing while he tried to move his twitching leg back to its original spot.
Penny put her hands on his and stopped him from injuring himself further by accident.
"Penny, go and prep the surgery room. I'll be there in a few minutes after I check to make sure there's no more problems with his cybernetics." Penny heard from her father as she walked out of the room.
He sighed while Ruddy began to follow him out of the room, he was unsure of what to do at the moment. he hummed again before he walked out of the room.
Pietro started to follow him towards the surgery room. He rubbed at his eyes and slowly trudged down the hallway towards the next part of the lab and sighed before slowly opening the door. He dragged himself towards the cold slab which served as the bed that he rested on while the doctor checked on his robotic parts to make sure he was fine.
"This is too damn much…" He muttered before he laid down and started to crack his joints and closed his eyes to nap.
Author notes.
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that I'm going to stop updating the story or so after the end of season 7. Next chapter is going to be on next Sunday or so and will show Penny and Ruddy talking during the surgery and show Tyrian and Watts dealing with their plans. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Winter is on Sunday and Willow is on Saturday.